---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CLARIFY WHEN PARENTS' RIGHTS NO LONGER ATTACH REGARDING SAFE HAVEN INFANTS AND TO AMEND DEFINITIONS UNDER THE LAWS REGARDING SAFE HAVEN."
description: "TO CLARIFY WHEN PARENTS' RIGHTS NO LONGER ATTACH REGARDING SAFE HAVEN INFANTS AND TO AMEND DEFINITIONS UNDER THE LAWS REGARDING SAFE HAVEN."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 195"
citation: "Arkansas SB 195 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Fite", "K. Hammer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-06T19:05:35+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-24T16:17:01+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2dbe2779-9ff3-4891-958e-d175326edca6"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "22164b95aeeca9c202bd94a4fef7f2889015bafe88b3c636e957fc090875884a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
---

# Arkansas SB 195 (2023) — TO CLARIFY WHEN PARENTS' RIGHTS NO LONGER ATTACH REGARDING SAFE HAVEN INFANTS AND TO AMEND DEFINITIONS UNDER THE LAWS REGARDING SAFE HAVEN.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Act 348** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=348.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB195-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB195-S2.pdf)
4. **SB 195** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB195.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–4** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Fite — primary (person)
- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mayberry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-02-06T19:05:35+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-06T20:09:37+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22T14:23:27+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-02-22T14:23:34+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-22T14:23:44+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-22T19:19:12+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-22T19:19:20+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06T19:22:02+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07T19:29:38+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-07T19:29:53+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-07T21:42:55+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-08T19:54:35+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08T19:54:42+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-08T20:58:13+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-08T22:37:39+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGING, CHILDREN AND YOUTH, LEGISLATIVE & MILITARY AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15T16:19:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-16T19:53:36+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T19:53:42+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-16T21:05:47+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-16T21:05:50+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-16T21:32:53+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-16T21:32:54+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-24T16:17:01+00:00** Notification that SB195 is now Act 348 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2dbe2779-9ff3-4891-958e-d175326edca6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).